1BSCAN(8)           Network backup, recovery and verification          BSCAN(8)
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NAME

6        bscan - Bacula's 'Scan tape'
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SYNOPSIS

9       bscan [options] bacula-archive
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  purpose of bscan is to read (scan) a Bacula Volume and to recreate
13       or update the database contents with the information found on the  Vol‐
14       ume.   This  is  done  in a non-destructive way. This permits restoring
15       database entries that have been lost by pruning, purging, deleting,  or
16       a database corruption problem.
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19       Normally,  it  should not be necessary to run the bscan command because
20       the database is self maintaining, and most corrupted databases  can  be
21       repaired  by  the tools provided by the database vendors.  In addition,
22       if you have maintained bootstrap files during backups,  you  should  be
23       able to recover all your data from the bootstrap file without needed an
24       up to date catalog.
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26       bscan command.
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OPTIONS

29       A summary of options is included below.
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31       -?     Show version and usage of program.
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33       -b bootstrap
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37              Specify configuration file.
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39       -d nn  Set debug level to nn.
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41       -m     Update media info in database.
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43       -n name
44              Specify the database name (default: bacula)
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46       -u username
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49       -p password
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52       -h host
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55       -r     List records.
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59       -v     Verbose output mode.
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62              Specify volume names (separated by '|')
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64       -w dir Specify working directory (default from conf file)
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SEE ALSO

67       bls(8), bextract(8).
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AUTHOR

70       This   manual    page    was    written    by    Jose    Luis    Tallon
71       <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>,  for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
72       be used by others).
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77Kern Sibbald                      26 May 2006                         BSCAN(8)